Beaconsfield 28 February 2016

A Ramblers walk in an area where I go to work but where I've never spent any time other than that and it's lovely up here - lots of hills, for a change.  We met up at the station and then walked through the town and out into the countryside.  I like this mosaic on a wall near the station.

There are small signs of spring if you look for them, but it's still cold enough to need hats, scarves and gloves.

Stopping for a break there is this lovely view of Wooburn Green.

It always surprises me how close the villages are to each other here.  This village was just along from where we stopped but I'm not sure of the name.  It is immaculately kept.  A lot of people commute to London from here.  All the benefits of living in the country! The roads are crazy though, I wouldn't like to do that trip every day.

Just a little further along and out into the countryside again.  The dogs of Lude Farm gave us a rousing welcome. Or maybe it wasn't a welcome, we didn't get too close.

There are still lots of daffodils around

but the trees are still bare.

Into Forty Green and The Royal Standard of England, claiming to be the oldest pub in England at around 900 years old!  It looks it. There are apparently ghosts.

They serve good coffee and their food looks pretty good too - definitely somewhere to visit again.

And back into Beaconsfield, traffic jams and a whole new week.